CVE-2014-3248
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2.5.2, when running with Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using (1) rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb, (2) Win32API.rb, (3) Win32API.so, (4) safe_yaml.rb, (5) safe_yaml/deep.rb, or (6) safe_yaml/deep.so; or (7) operatingsystem.rb, (8) operatingsystem.so, (9) osfamily.rb, or (10) osfamily.so in puppet/confine.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.0.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.0.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.0.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.0.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.0.1-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | facter | <~> 1.7.6 | ~> 1.7.6 |
| RubyGems | hiera | <>= 1.3.4 | >= 1.3.4 |
| RubyGems | puppet | <~> 2.7.26 | ~> 2.7.26 |
| RubyGems | mcollective-client | <>= 2.5.2 | >= 2.5.2 |
| RubyGems | facter | <1.7.6 | 1.7.6 |
| RubyGems | facter | >=2.0.0,<2.0.2 | 2.0.2 |
| RubyGems | hiera | <1.3.4 | 1.3.4 |
| RubyGems | puppet | <2.7.26 | 2.7.26 |
| RubyGems | puppet | >=3.0.0,<3.6.2 | 3.6.2 |
| RubyGems | mcollective-client | <2.5.2 | 2.5.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| puppet | facter | 2.0.0 | |
| puppet | facter | 2.0.1 | |
| puppetlabs | facter | {"startIncluding":"1.6.0","endIncluding":"1.6.18"} | |
| puppet | marionette_collective | {"endExcluding":"2.5.2"} | 2.5.2 |
| puppet | hiera | {"endExcluding":"1.3.4"} | 1.3.4 |
| puppet | puppet | {"endExcluding":"2.7.26"} | 2.7.26 |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | {"startIncluding":"2.8.0","endExcluding":"2.8.7"} | 2.8.7 |
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-92v7-pq4h-58j5
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248
- http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59197
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59200
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68035
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3248
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3248
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/facter/CVE-2014-3248.yml
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/hiera/CVE-2014-3248.yml
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/mcollective-client/CVE-2014-3248.yml
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2014-3248.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141129061319/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68035
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150204183209/http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150907182402/http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248
CWEs
CWE-17
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.